Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae
Synonyms: Heterolimulidae Vía Boada and Villalta 1966, Mesolimulidae Størmer 1952, Xiphosuridae Pocock 1902
Parent taxon: Limuloidea according to R. D. C. Bicknell et al. 2021
See also Bergström 1975, Dunlop et al. 2012, Dunlop et al. 2020, Gall 1971, Lamsdell 2016, Lamsdell 2020, Romero and Vía 1977 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Albalimulus Allolimulus Casterolimulus Guangyuanolimulus Heterolimulus Keuperlimulus Limulinae Limulitella Limulus priscus Mesolimulus Sloveniolimulus Tachypleinae Tarracolimulus Victalimulus Volanalimulus Yunnanolimulus
Type: Limulus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Lebanon (3), Morocco (1), United States (3: Colorado, North Dakota, Texas)
• Jurassic of Germany (8), Mongolia (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Utah)
• Triassic of China (2), France (8), Germany (3), the Netherlands (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Tunisia (2), United States (2: Nevada, Utah)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 44 collections including 51 occurrences